As I started The Notebook by Nicholas Sparks, I didn’t have any idea of what it was really about. What I soon found out is that it is a celebration of the deep love between a man and a woman, beginning in their teens through...

If you’ve ever looked at a project you’ve completed and been unable to call it ‘amazing’ until someone else told you it was or you’ve never been able to give yourself a compliment until someone else does it first then you may need this book....

Go Wild: Free Your Body and Mind from the Afflictions of Civilization by John Ratey M.D. and Richard Manning is a fascinating look at optimal health through going wild or returning to instinctual behavior. Think of living 1000 years ago with no grocery stores, cars,...

Authors James Patterson and David Ellis team up to offer readers a tale that will keep them listening to the very end. Invisible is a bit different from most of James Patterson and David Ellis’ books. In Invisible, we meet Emmy Dockery, an FBI Research...

The Carnivore’s Manifesto: Eating Well, Eating Responsibly, and Eating Meat by Patrick Martins is a book guaranteed to make you think about where your food comes from. Did you know that every year, Americans eat more than 10 million livestock? Unfortunately, they are not raised...

The Fever by Megan Abbott is an expose of the way teenage girls' emotions tend to rule their thinking. This tale focuses on Gabby, Deenie and Lise, girlfriends at Dryden High. Lise has a seizure and ends up in the hospital. At school, rumors circulate...

Without You by author Saskia Sarginson is a haunting tale that will stay with you long after you hear the last word. Eva and her father, Max, loved to sail, but one fitful day in the midst of a storm Eva was flung overboard. Despite...

Harry Bosch is back in a case that's not cold, but still old. On the first day of the new year, a dog brings back a bone to its owner. When the bone is discovered to be human, Bosch and his partner, Edgar, get the...

In Homeroom Diaries, authors James Patterson and Lisa Papademetriou cover some heavy material in the very believable voice of main character, Maggie Clarke. It's junior year of high school, and Maggie "Cuckoo" Clarke has chosen optimism as her modus operandi. It doesn't matter that she...

The Richebourg Affair is a debut mystery novel by author R.M. Cartmel. It is set in the wine country of France and it features commander Charlemagne Truchaud, a detective with la Police Nationale out of Paris. Following the death of his brother, Commander Truchaud travels...

Readers are reunited with Gideon Crew in The Lost Island. This is the third book Douglas Preston and Lincoln Child have written in the Gideon Crew series. Gideon Crew is a brilliant scientist and a master thief. Gideon’s employer, Eli Glinn, has given him what...

In The Silken Web by Sandra Brown, we meet Kathleen, a very naïve and innocent camp counselor, and Erik, a videographer. Erik and Kathleen are attracted to each other and while she attempts to resist the attraction, he is determined to seduce her. After only...

Jessica Darling’s IT LIST 2: The (Totally Not) Guaranteed Guide to Friends, Foes & Faux Friends by Megan McCafferty is the perfect choice for middle-school girls as not only will they enjoy the book, but they will also be able to relate to the main...

James Patterson and Michael Ledwidge’s Gone is a fast-paced, sure to please, twist-a-minute thriller that will have even those familiar with the genre white-knuckled and breathless after only a few chapters. Detective Michael Bennett (a recurring character in this series) battles evil drug lord Manuel...

A Love To Call Her Own is the third book in the Tallgrass series written by author Marilyn Pappano. In A Love To Call Her Own, we meet Jessy Lawrence, a widow. Her husband died in Afghanistan. Jessy feels guilty because she was contemplating asking...

Breathe is book 4 of the Colorado Mountain series written by author Kristen Ashley and read by Emma Taylor. Breathe is a contemporary romance novel. Faye, the local librarian, has been attracted to Chace for years. Detective Chace Keaton feels the same way about her...

Designated Daughters is the latest installment in the Deborah Knott series written by Margaret Maron. This series is the epitome of southern life. Aunt Rachel has suffered a stroke and is in the care of hospice. Judge Deborah Knott and her family are gathered around...

Author Sandra Brown does it again! Another Dawn (Coleman Family Saga Book 2) is another delightful romance with sizzle. Another Dawn allows readers to once again visit with the Coleman Family. Banner Coleman (Lydia and Ross’s daughter) was all set to be married, but on...

Young Lemony Snicket has been asked to help track an arsonist in the town of Stain'd-by-the-Sea. But as is often the case, where there is one mystery to solve, there are usually others, and those in Stain'd-by-the-Sea are plentiful. In his role as an apprentice...

The Witches of East End (The Beauchamp Family Book 1) was written by author Melissa de la Cruz. This is her first adult book; previously she penned the bestselling series, Blue Bloods. Witches of East End is the story of Joanna Beauchamp and her two...